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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1891
Page
6
A blaze at a residence in IHale House ended with four people injured, authorities report. Fire crews arrived quickly and contained the fire to the structure, with investigators detailing the scene and noting timing around midnight. Further details on the cause and exact injuries were not immediately available.
In Madison the Wisconsin Senate debated the Assembly bill to repeal the Bennett law with Republicans alternating between advancing and postponing the measure. The chamber passed the bill 18 to 14, with Senators Kidd and Kennedy paired. The northern plains issues note strong tempers as North Dakota Governor Bratton approves a constitutional amendment barring lotteries, to be voted by the people after the next session.
Bis marck Feb 4 A new bill by Representative Fay would redraw North Dakota into numbered districts. The plan shifts Pembina Cavalier Ward McHenry Renville Flannery Buford and more among twenty nine Senate seats and twenty one House seats. Some counties lose or gain representatives as Eddy Foster Wells Nelson and Pierce shift counties and districts under the shuffle.
In Huron on February 4 a plan emerges to place H L Loucks in the U S Senate. Democrats and Independents reach a pact to back Loucks when enough independents can be won. Most independents signaled conditional support, though Loucks faces eligibility questions and controversy over his ties to Canada. The move reflects a larger power play as state legislators return to Pierre.
News from Winnebago Minnesota reports Misa Lent, a young schoolteacher, died from injuries after a brutal assault by her parents at the schoolhouse. A second daughter informed the parents, who then attacked her, striking with a bell and dragging, then throwing her from a window. Her skull injury and head trauma led to prolonged bed rest and death. The Croggens are in custody.
Pottstown workers face mass layoff as Ellis & Lessig and Brooke Iron shutter plants amid wage cuts from 3.75 to 3.50 per ton. Puddlers reject lower pay. Brooke Iron near Birdsboro halts with nearly 500 out, tying to Ellis & Lessig action. Canadian trade talks teased by press. Senate and House actions report on vacancies and Windom successor search in Washington.
Reports from WinniceaG Feb 4 state eighteen Indians, men women and children, were eaten by a wolf band of about 200. Two men reportedly escaped. In Crookston a 13 year old girl and 18 year old youth sought a marriage license, but fled after a larceny and embezzlement warrant was issued for the groom. Manitoba school law upheld by full court in Winnipeg. Great Northern mortgage for 80 million filed in Ellensburg, signaling route through nearby counties.
Washington observes the funeral of Secretary of the Treasury William Windom with a vast gathering of officials, diplomats, and prominent citizens. Buildings are draped in black, flags half-masted, and services held at Covenant Church before interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Insurrection of three regiments in Oporto was crushed after a brutal fight. Rebels seized the Hotel de Ville in Dom Pedro square and planned a republic, but loyal artillery and fusiliers surrounded and bombarded the building. Unconditional surrender followed. casualties included seven killed and several wounded, with civilians among the dead. A second report from London notes a naval clash off Ancud between a government warship and a rebel craft with ongoing interruptions in Chilean towns.
Fire at Everett Aughenbaugh & Co flour mill in Waseca Minnesota began around 1 30 p m and within two hours the four story building stood ruined. Loss estimated near six hundred thousand with insurance reportedly covering half. Fire may have started in a hot box and several nearby buildings burned also in Montgomery Minnesota a half block of business buildings on Main Street burned with about six thousand dollars in property lost and insurance only fifteen hundred. In Minneapolis Minnesota Rev N D Fanning preached then collapsed and died at the church. Fort Madison Iowa saw a twenty five round boxing match where John Worley suffered a wrist injury and Joe Tausey collected the gate money.
James G. Swan of Port Townsend touts affidavits from fur sealers claiming pups swim immediately after birth and seals breed along the coast, challenging the belief they only breed on Pribilof Islands and threatening Behring Sea conflicts if hunters remain barred. Fur seals teem at Cape Flattery with Indians slaughtering in numbers. Reciprocity Treaties Ready. Washington reports Blaine ready to submit several treaties with Brazil Venezuela Argentina and Central American states for Senate ratification before March 14. Italian king invites Marquis Diridani to form Cabinet. Edward C. Hovey gets 13 months for post office mail robbery. Seed wheat convention in Aberdeen with committees to seek congressional and rail aid.
The Daily Continent reports Pinkerton agents state Mexico police arrested James T. Henry, wanted in Canada for stealing $1.5 million in cash and securities from the Bank of Montreal. Henry, an exchange broker from Chatham Ont., disappeared December 18 after the heist. Detectors say he crossed the border, likely into Mexico, as authorities in Canada and the U.S. were alerted. He is to be sent to Canada this week.
In Carbon Hill Alabama violence continues with eight to ten black miners reported dead amid clashes at the Carbon Hill mines. Governor Jones orders two companies of state troops to the scene as armed white miners resist arrest and claim they will surrender to the sheriff.
The Friars Pop jail in Mississippi burned early in the morning as prisoners tried to burn the door to escape. Three inmates were killed after the jail was destroyed before the marshal could reach them. Previous reports note related incidents including a deputy sheriff and ranger involved in a separate Alpine Texas shooting, and misc. crime updates from Ottawa Illinois to Nashville Tennessee.
Reports from London and across Europe indicate rising socialist agitation this spring. Workers in Austria Belgium and Spain back a mass May Day demonstration to span capitals west of Russia, including every labor branch, while authorities monitor rising prosyli sm. Gladstone sharpens resolve, denying retirement rumors as Dilke and others reemerge in politics amid labor and religious liberties debates.
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